Past Films

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

Starring: Kieran Culkin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Cera

Director: Edgar Wright

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Running Time: 112 min.

This winter, the Final Friday at Mother’s series moves indoors right here to the Moxie. Since space is a wee bit tighter here than at Mother’s backyard, we will be stretching the screenings over three nights. For each of these movies, Mother’s will be sending us a special keg to tap. Welcome to Mondo with Mother’s!

Film Summary: Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend’s seven evil exes in order to win her heart.

"Its speedy, funny, happy-sad spirit is so infectious that the movie makes you feel at home in its world even if the landscape is, at first glance, unfamiliar."

- A.O. Scott, The New York Times

"It's heartfelt, hilarious and a highly satisfying adaptation of the book. You don't have to be a geek to adore it; you just have to remember being young. But one word of caution: Hollywood, don't try to make a hundred of these. It won't work."

- Helen O'Hara, Empire

"Michael Cera elevates deadpan to an art, starring as a slacker turned action hero in this wildly inventive comedy that's one of the most vivid and spirited adaptations of a comic book since Spider-Man--and one of the hippest since Ghost World."

- Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader

"As he did in "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz", Wright immerses his heroes in pop culture's detritus and diversions, but doesn't drown them in it. You don't have to be dazzled or tickled by the movie, or get every joke, to be touched by it, too."

- Robert Wilonsky, Village Voice

"Scott Pilgrim is a breathless rush of a movie that jumps off the screen, spins your head around and then stealthily works its way into your heart."

- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

"The first rock & roll kung fu videogame youth love story."

- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

"A fanboy's dream come true, a smart take on a smart comic that actually looks the part, with performances that make it worth watching for the rest of us, too."